Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-08

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| Mountain gets its supply Of salt from
Michigan, over the Northern Pacific, and
| consumes eight tons per day. There is at
present only one carload of salt west Of
the Mullan tunnel, and there Is no supply
on hand at Philipsburg. To bring salt by
the Union Pacific would Involve. tive
transfers, or the hauling OF the supply
| from Anaconda, which Is impossible, on
account of the condition Of the roads.
| MADISON COUNTY MINES.
| Dave McCranon gave the Butte iaser
Mountasn some information about the re-
| cent developments on gold quartz proper
ties in Wisconsin creek, Madison county.
Three gold mills are being erected at the
| creek and others will follow. The Noble
| Mining Company on the left fork Of the
| creek owns valuable gold property which
was purchased two months ago for $780,
900, the second payment being made Oh
the 1st instant The company this week Il
| increasing its working force to thirty men.
| The mine is developed by shaft and adit
tunneIato depth of $50 feet. The aver
age width of the ore body Is two and
| half feet, while it assay values ranges from
s25 to $780, A ten-stamp mill Is now
| in operatisn on the product OF the mine,
and the company will at once begin the
erection of a twenty stamp mill, 50 that
during the summer thirty stamps will bs
running en- ore.
Not far from the Noble properties is To-
Gated group Of rich gold mines owned
| by Mr.. McCranor and named the Damsel,
Champion, Grey Eagle and Sheridan. 4
| ive-stamp Water-poWer mill Is undef CON
struction, and will be started up In. July
with capacity of eight tons per day. The
Damsel is 140 feet deep, showing ore
| from the surface to Che bottom four feet
wide and assaying fifteen dollars per Ton.
The Sheridan Is being opened up BY
crosscut tunnel, which Is extended TO tap
the ledge at 100 feet. The vein In this
shaft is thirty three inches wide, and u
the richest in the district, sampling ninety
dollars Der ton In gold. McCranor has
Great expectations of it. The Grey Eagle
| Is comparatively undeveloped, but 1t Is
| big. strong lead, showing ten feet Of forty
five dollar ore. On the dumps of thess
four mines there is 1000 tons OF ore
ready for treatment.
On Coal creek, Hank Witmore d Go.
are building nve-stamp gold mill, which
will start up in two weeks. The mine has
a shaft 100 feet deep, exposing a regular
and compact ore body two feet wide and
of excellent milling quality. On the
/ dump are $50 tons of ore. At the head OF
Georgia gulch ere some promising lead
mines. On one of them Sam Banmeter 10
down 100 feet, where he has three feet OF
heavy gaiena carrying thirty dollars IN
silver and twenty-five in gold. The Argen.
ia is another property with three feet OF
lead carbonates, which is being shipped
for reduction.
THE BIGFooT MINE.
| According to the Boulder Sentinel the
main shaft on the Bigfoot mine near
Wickes Is now at depth OF Is feet. One
| hundred feet additional is to be sunk at
| at oace. Work is to begin Is soon as the
| new hoist is completed, which will not bs
| later than July /. It Is under contract 30
be completed by June Is, but the high
/ water and consequent bad roads will no
i doubt retard the work somewhat. Tha
vein Is about twenty three feet wide and
/ has been developed by humorous levels
| and cross-cuts, showing uniform grade
of ore and we'll defined vein OF quartz
4 Within three months from this date Il u
the intention of the management TO navs
the mine in shape to extract ono hundred
| tons daily. 4 coneentrator Is to be erected
near the mine of capacity OF hundred
tons daily, and 1t will be in operation ss-
fore the autumn leaves appear.
4 MINING NOTES.
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